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Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking, who supports the opposition National party, claims that Jacinda Ardern is ‘over being held to account’ Photograph: Newstalk ZB New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has cancelled one of her highest-profile regular media appearances, surprising commentators and fuelling criticism that she is dodging tough questions. Newstalk ZB’s morning show host Mike Hosking on Monday announced that Ardern would ...

Jacinda Ardern said she intends to spend more time with different media outlets.

Barry Soper: Media-shy PM turns her back on Hoskings tough questions Jacinda Ardern. (Photo / NZ Herald) Barry Soper: Media-shy PM turns her back on Hoskings tough questions Think about it, Jacinda Arderns the accidental Prime Minister.  This rookie leader, plucked from obscurity in the lead-up to the 2017 election, was appointed by Winston Peters simply because she gave him much more than what Bill English was prepared to wear. But shes been confirmed by Covid, as the last election would atte...

Barry Soper: Jacinda Ardern is treading water, the master of soft, flattering interviews 8 Mar, 2021 04:00 AM 4 minutes to read Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has cancelled her regular interview lot with Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has cancelled her regular interview lot with Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. OPINION: Think about it, Jacinda Ardern is the accidental Prime Minister. This rookie leader, plucked from obscurity in the lead-up to the 2017 election, was appoi...

Wellington Mayor Andy Foster has called for an independent review into Wellington City Councils governance. OPINION: Miss your ghost bus? Step on a burst pipe? Stuck in traffic? Then why not bitch about Wellington in the media? It’s easy to do, and rather fashionable at present, just follow these simple steps. Say that Wellington is a dying city In 2013, John Key famously said that Wellington was dying. At the time, of the Wellington region’s nine electorates, three were held by National ...

"This is just what we have come to expect."

Dirty Politics was published to give the full and comprehensive list of winners and losers. The naked truth is that there were so many outrageous abuses of power outed in this book that it’s difficult to highlight the worst ones because they were all so fucking uniquely grotesque! It’s like lepers judging a beauty contest, where do you start? WINNERS: Big Sugar – without a doubt, Big Sugar are the biggest winners of Dirty Politics. Being able to publicly torment and molest any public hea...

Natasha Martin/Stuff Productivity Commission chair Dr Ganesh Nana’s combination of productivity and wellbeing is “arrant nonsense”, argues Damien Grant. OPINION: It would make more sense for the conclave of cardinals to elevate the Archbishop of Canterbury as Pope than it did to appoint Dr Ganesh Nana as chair of the Productivity Commission. Nana is an accomplished academic. He has an impressive body of work behind him and shows no signs of running out of intellectual or physical steam, ...

ACT calls for reset after contradictions between PM, Cabinet-run Facebook page Newshub 4/03/2021 © Video - Newshub; Image - Getty. Watch: The latest on COVID-19. Despite another day of no new community cases, New Zealand remains in a "critical period" in its response to COVID-19 with many test results still pending. COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins on Wednesday wouldnt rule out an early shift of alert levels, but said officials want to see the test results of all relevant close and...

Press Release – ACT New Zealand “New Zealand Prime Ministers have on a number of occasions realised their comments or behaviour were ill-judged, gotten over their own egos and apologised to people for doing them wrong,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern should climb down from her now indefensible position that members of a South Auckland family ‘should have known’ they needed to be tested for COVID-19 and not go to work and make a sincere apology. “She�...